Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - Indian Ocean, 127 km west of Waingapu, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, on Saturday, 12 September 2020 at 07:10 (GMT) -

Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - Indian Ocean, 127 km west of Waingapu, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, on Saturday, 12 September 2020 at 07:10 (GMT)

Moderate magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 10 km depth

12 Sep 07:26 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 15 minutes.
12 Sep 07:30: Now using data updates from BMKG
12 Sep 22:35: Epicenter location corrected by 3.3 km (2.1 mi) towards S.
18 Sep 03:10: Now using data updates from BMKG
Date & time: 12 Sep 2020 07:10:34 UTC -
Magnitude: 5
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 9.85°S / 119.12°E (Indonesian Ocean, Indonesia)
Nearest volcano: Wai Sano (157 km / 98 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
127 km (79 mi) W of Waingapu (pop: 48,800) --> See nearby quakes!
161 km (100 mi) SSE of Bima (pop: 67,000) --> See nearby quakes!
163 km (101 mi) SSE of Dompu (pop: 49,000) --> See nearby quakes!
173 km (107 mi) SSW of Labuan Bajo (pop: 188,700) --> See nearby quakes!
202 km (125 mi) SW of Ruteng (Kabupaten Manggarai) (pop: 34,600) --> See nearby quakes!
240 km (149 mi) SE of Sumbawa Besar (pop: 52,700) --> See nearby quakes!
301 km (187 mi) WSW of Ende (pop: 77,200) --> See nearby quakes!
338 km (210 mi) ESE of Praya (Kabupaten Lombok Tengah) (pop: 35,200) --> See nearby quakes!
359 km (223 mi) ESE of Mataram (pop: 318,700) --> See nearby quakes!
1411 km (877 mi) ESE of Jakarta (pop: 8,540,100) --> See nearby quakes!
94 km (59 mi) W of Pulau Sumba Island (pop: 686,100) --> See nearby quakes!
259 km (161 mi) WSW of Flores Island (pop: 1,831,000) --> See nearby quakes!
64 km (39 mi) W of Pulau Watusipu Island --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: BMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)
Estimated released energy: 2 x 1012 joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 5.010 kmSumba Region, IndonesiaBMKG
M 4.535 km134 Km W of Waingapu, IndonesiaUSGS
M 4.515 kmSumba Region, IndonesiaEMSC
M 4.410 kmSumba Region, IndonesiaGFZ
M 5.010 kmSumba Region, IndonesiaBMKG

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Aftershocks of the 5.0 quake Indian Ocean, 127 km west of Waingapu, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, 12 September 2020 07:10 GMT

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (19 quakes):
  • 20 Oct 2020 00:42 UTC
    | M 3.2 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    12 km (7 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 14 Oct 2020 16:56 UTC
    | M 3.0 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    11 km (7 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 09 Oct 2020 20:06 UTC
    | M 4.4 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    9 km (5 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 02 Oct 2020 20:24 UTC
    | M 2.7 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    6 km (4 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 02 Oct 2020 20:00 UTC
    | M 3.1 |
    11 km (6.8 mi) depth
    |
    5 km (3 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 02 Oct 2020 20:00 UTC
    | M 3.8 |
    11 km (6.8 mi) depth
    |
    6 km (3 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 02 Oct 2020 13:39 UTC
    | M 3.9 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    14 km (9 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 01 Oct 2020 05:09 UTC
    | M 3.1 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    1 km (1 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 30 Sep 2020 18:38 UTC
    | M 4.3 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    2 km (1 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 30 Sep 2020 09:17 UTC
    | M 3.5 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    4 km (2 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 30 Sep 2020 05:52 UTC
    | M 4.0 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    10 km (6 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 30 Sep 2020 01:16 UTC
    | M 4.4 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    12 km (8 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 29 Sep 2020 17:55 UTC
    | M 4.9 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    6 km (4 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 29 Sep 2020 11:48 UTC
    | M 4.0 |
    11 km (6.8 mi) depth
    |
    3 km (2 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 29 Sep 2020 00:33 UTC
    | M 4.2 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    9 km (6 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 22 Sep 2020 16:17 UTC
    | M 2.7 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    17 km (10 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 21 Sep 2020 13:49 UTC
    | M 2.7 |
    14 km (8.7 mi) depth
    |
    7 km (4 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 20 Sep 2020 03:16 UTC
    | M 2.7 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    2 km (1 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details
  • 14 Sep 2020 18:13 UTC
    | M 4.3 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    13 km (8 mi) distance
    | BMKG | Details

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Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - Indian Ocean, 127 km west of Waingapu, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, on Saturday, 12 September 2020 at 07:10 (GMT)

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